Porn requests in parliament peak after election

In 2016, the parliamentary filtering system blocked 113,208 attempts to visit pornographic websitesAlamy

More than 24,000 attempts were made to visit pornographic websites from computers in parliament in the months after the general election.

It represents 160 requests per day on average from devices connected to the parliamentary network used by MPs, peers and staff between June to October.

The data, released after a freedom of information request by the Press Association, showed attempts spiking in September, with 9,467 requests. However, it also showed a sharp decrease in attempts to view pornographic websites. In 2016, the parliamentary filtering system blocked 113,208 attempts, down from 213,020 the previous year.

Last month Damian Green resigned as Theresa May’s de facto deputy after he was found to have made “misleading statements” about police claims that pornography was found on an office…

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